Tuesday, August 31 2010

AP Illustrates a Deadly Roadside Terror Attack

Photojournalists can be forgiven for not reaching terror scenes on a moment's notice. But judge for yourself the how appropriate or relevant these AP illustrations for the attack are.

A Palestian man walks near a section of Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. A Palestinian gunman opened fire on an Israeli vehicle traveling in the West Bank on Tuesday, authorities said, killing four passengers in a deadly attack that cast a long shadow over Mideast peace talks set to start this week. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Palestinian vendors sell goods next to a section of Israel's separation barrier at the checkpoint in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Aug. 31,2010. A Palestinian gunman opened fire on an Israeli vehicle traveling in the West Bank on Tuesday, authorities said, killing four passengers in a deadly attack that cast a long shadow over Mideast peace talks set to start this week. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A Palestinian family walk through the checkpoint in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on their way to Jerusalem, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. A Palestinian gunmanopened fire on an Israeli vehicle traveling in the West Bank on Tuesday, authorities said, killing four passengers in a deadly attack that cast a long shadow over Mideast peace talks set to start this week. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

I'm blaming AP's photo editors for this. Bernat Armangue's photos were taken during the day, hours before the attack happened.

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One could argue the photos are indeed relevant: they explain the road blocks and the separation barrier.

Not that I expect the message to come through.

Posted by: Simon Hawkin at Sep 1, 2010 3:09:19 AM

The point of the photos of course is to send a subliminal message implying that the murder of Jews by islamic terrorists is caused by Israel's "occupation" and therefore understandable and justifiable according to AP.

Posted by: Laura at Sep 1, 2010 4:42:03 AM

It would be nice (maybe, I'm asking too much?) if you picked one target address at AP for us to write to and complain.

Similarly, for all future posts like this. Show us something, and then give us an action we can take. (I know it's easy for ME to suggest things for YOU to do, but still, it would be helpful. Thank you so much, though, for the work you do.)